Name: Boyce Swfit

Title: Economic Development Fellow

Organization: City of Hamilton, OH

Beyond the Basics - a Brief Q & A:

1. Describe your community in five words or less. A Beautiful City of Character

2. What is your community currently working on?

Many projects including:

• 17 Strong Neighborhood initiative – civic engagement
• Workforce Development
• Small Business Development – Clean & Green Innovative tech recruitment
• Downtown Revitalization
• Major infrastructure improvements to increase traffic safety and mobility

3. What are you hoping to achieve by being part of the Alliance for Innovation?

We are looking to use the Alliance for Innovation as a resource to stay on top of current trends in local government management and technology and modernize our organizational processes,

4. Outside of local government innovation, what is one hobby you have? Photography

Name: Tony Hunter   

Title: Management Assistant

Organization: Town of Marana, AZ

Beyond the Basics - a Brief Q & A:

1. Describe your community in five words or less.

On the rise.

2. What is your community currently working on?

Strategizing for sustainable growth, while not forgetting our older neighborhoods and continuing to invest in our community in an equitable fashion.

3. What are you hoping to achieve by being part of the Alliance for Innovation?

I would love to steal some great ideas, and hope to share some of the interesting and innovative things that go on in Marana. Being a part of the Alliance is an outstanding platform to tap into the best of what is out there in local government today.

4. Outside of local government innovation, what is one hobby you have?

I love to play guitar and piano, and mountain biking is up there too!